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Praying with eyes wide open is the only way to pray without ceasing.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Rejecting joy to stand in solidarity with the suffering doesn't rescue the suffering.
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Hurry always empties a soul.
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Joy and pain, they are but two arteries of the one heart that pumps through all those who don't numb themselves to really living.
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